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Colorado Governer, Bill Owens, left, speaks with Kayla Aguillard (cq),7, right of New Orleans, La., as Owens volunteered with other city of Denver volunteers and the Red Cross hand out supplies to the first of an expected 1,000 refugees/evacuees from New Orleans as they arrived Sunday morning September 4, 2005. They are to be housed at dormitories at the Community College of Denver at Lowry. (EVAN SEMON / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

Colorado Governer, Bill Owens, left, speaks with Kayla Aguillard (cq),7, right of New Orleans, La., as Owens volunteered with other city of Denver volunteers and the Red Cross hand out supplies to the first of an expected 1,000 refugees/evacuees from New Orleans as they arrived Sunday morning September 4, 2005. They are to be housed at dormitories at the Community College of Denver at Lowry. (EVAN SEMON / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

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Gov. Bill Owens speaks with Kayla Aguillard, 7, of New Orleans, who was among 125 evacuees from Louisiana who arrived in Denver on Sunday. Owens joined other volunteers and the Red Cross to hand out supplies to the new arrivals. The evacuees arrived at Buckley Air Force Base and were taken to the former Lowry Air Force Base for screening and medical attention. They are being housed in a dormitory at the Community College of Aurora campus at Lowry. More planes are expected to arrive at Buckley today. Officials are expecting 1,000 people to be brought to Colorado.

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Colorado Governer, Bill Owens, left, speaks with Kayla Aguillard (cq),7, right of New Orleans, La., as Owens volunteered with other city of Denver volunteers and the Red Cross hand out supplies to the first of an expected 1,000 refugees/evacuees from New Orleans as they arrived Sunday morning September 4, 2005. They are to be housed at dormitories at the Community College of Denver at Lowry. (EVAN SEMON / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

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2005-09-04 15:15:32

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2005:09:05 03:36:56

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